Ten times more children and teens obese today than 40 years agoCNN(CNN) The number of obese children and adolescents rose to 124 million in 2016 -- more than 10 times higher than the 11 million classified as obese 40 years ago, in 1975. A further 213 million children and adolescents were overweight in 2016, finds a ...

Dr. Samadi: Being overweight is linked to 40% of cancer casesNew York Daily NewsHere's one more reason to reach a healthier body weight — a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says cancers associated with being overweight or obese account for 40% of all diagnoses of the disease in the United ...

Just how important is your egg count for fertility?CNN(CNN) Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh, a San Francisco-based reproductive endocrinologist, sees it almost everyday in her practice. Women come into the fertility specialist's office fearful and tearful that they may never have children, she said. The results of ...

Andrew Warlen: Breast cancer awareness and Pink Out DayColumbia Daily TribuneIt is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women with one in eight women being diagnosed with it. It is the second leading cause of cancer death among women. Although rare in men, over 2,100 men will be diagnosed with this annually. Over 3.3 million ...

California lowers penalty for knowingly exposing partners to HIVfox5sandiego.comA cocktail of premixed AIDS drugs is shown July 11, 2002 in Miami, Florida. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers have warned that HIV infection rates among women were on the rise. HIV-positive women of childbearing age between13 to ...